CREATE Retreat in Costa Mesa, California

Still amazed with the work that was produced in my classes. Creating Batik with soy wax was a favorite of everyone. We had such a good time! Thanks to Alina who raided the recycle newspaper bin at the hotel so that we could iron the wax out of all of the fabric. There was a lot of oooing and aaaahing. And lots of sharing of ideas and techniques!

My evening class of Creating your own Fabric was a marathon in itself. Trying to demonstrate over 20 techniques in 3 hours was very fast paced but was accomplished. Unfortunately I forgot to take any photos...oh well, next time in Chicago.

CREATE Retreat in Costa Mesa, California

Images of fruits, vegetables, flowers, architecture, hearts and more were all drawn on canvas and painted with water soluble crayons. I also taught how to transfer newsprint on to organza fabric. We even sewed on deli-wrap paper and incorporated that into the quilts. Jennifer was our wonderful Bernina Rep who helped out with all of our sewing- from canvas to paper!

CREATE Retreat in Costa Mesa, California

Just got back from an exciting week teaching at CREATE in Costa Mesa. My students were an amazing and talented group in all 3 of my classes. I enjoyed learning from all of them! They were amazed with what they produced in such a short time. Of course these pieces will be finished at home with stitching, quilting and binding to complete an art quilt. This is only a few from the class. Enjoy!